Snap fastener attached clip member



March 26, 1935. R. F. WALTERS 1,995,370

SNAP FASTENER ATTACHED CLIP MEMBER Filed Jan. 21, 1931 Fig.1.

Inventor.- B02201? WaZZeafls yaw, 7 Hays l Patented Mar. 26, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE 1,995,370 SNAP FASTENER ATTACHED CLIP My invention n snap fastener attached MEMB Detroit, Mich, assignor to United-Carr Fastener Corporation,

Rollo F. Walters,

Cambridge,

Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application January 21, 1931, Serial No.

9 Claims. (on. 24-73) aims to ing various elements in a given position and installations there In the drawing which illustrates preferred embodiments of my invention:-

Figure 1 is a embodying my invention and of clip member section through an installation showing one type in elevation;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a plane view of the clip member shown in Figs. 1 and 2 Fig. 4 is a sid clip; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional other form of cl My invention sively, useful in connection rods and wires,

e elevation of a modified form of installation showing anip device. is particularly, though not exclupipes, air pipes, to structures such as automobile bodies and frames.

In the particular embodiment of my invention selected for illustration by the drawing I have and 2 a channel iron 1 of a motor well understood.

By using fast tachably secure snap fastener elements,

ening devices adapted to be ded to the frame structure, as by The fastening device shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 comprises a clip-like member having a clip or hook-shaped portion formed by bending astrip of metal to form two fingers 4 and 5. Each finger one end to the other finger while The ' shape of .each finger may vary so that difierent si zed pipes may Figs. 1 and 4. fingers 4 and 5 the contour of be accommodated, as shown in Furthermore, one or both of the are provided with portions to fit the conductor member.

Any suitable snap fastening means may be 10 used to secure the clip members to the supporting of a stud extending from the finger 5 through the channel iron 1. member is provided by pressing two like in place, as shown in dotted lines.

The finger 5 from which the stud portion projects is arched longitudinally so that it may yield contact between the structure 1 and the edges The stud 15 of the portions 7-7 as near the finger 5 as possible and, therefore, the flexibility of the arched finger permits this contact to remain substantially constant over a wide range of variations in the thickness of the material.

My invention is decidedly useful because it can a conduit and the like clip, or clips, from the frame structure.

While I have illustrated and described preferred embodiments of my invention, I do not wish to be limited thereby, because the scope of my invention is best defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A conduit-holding clip device having a conduit-engaging portion provided with a pair of spaced finger portions shaped to receive and hold between them and snap fastening means comprising cooperating yieldable portions extending from one finger only and adapted to attach the device to a supporting structure.

2. A conduit-holding clip device having a pair of spaced spring finger portions joined together at one end and adapted to receive and hold a conduit or the like transversely formed recess means least one of said finger portions for holding the conduit in position between said fingers and a snap fastening means formed as an integral part of the device for attaching it to a supporting structure.

3. A conduit-holding clip device having a pair of spaced spring finger portions joined together at one end and having transverse grooves adapted to receive and hold more than one conduit and the like between said fingers and a snap fastening means formed as a part of the device and extending from one of said fingers for attaching said clip device to a supporting structure.

4. A conduit-holding clip device having a pair of spaced spring at one end and shaped to receive and hold a conduit and the like between them and a snap fastener stud means comprising a pair only of yieldable portions extending directly from one of the spring finger portions and having converging and diverging edges for detachably securing the device to a supporting structure.

5. A conduit-holding clip device having a conduit holding and engaging portion, a snap fastening means provided as a part of the device and adapted to secure it to a supporting structure and a yieldable arched support-engaging portion finger portions joined togetherprovided as a part of the conduit holding and engaging portion adjacent to the point where the snap fastening means extends from the device for the purposes described.

6. A conduit-holding clip device having a pair of spaced spring finger portions adapted to receive and hold the cond t and the like between them and a snap fastener stud means comprising a pair only of yieldable portions extending from one of the spring finger, portions and having converging and diverging edges for detachably securing the device to a supporting structure, and said finger from which said fastener means extends being arched longitudinally for the purposes described.

1. A conduit-holding clip device having a pair of spaced spring finger portions adapted to receive and hold a conduit and the like between them and a snap fastener stud means comprising a pair only of relatively movable portions extending from one of the spring finger portions and having converging and diverging edges for detachably securing the device to a supporting structure, and said finger from which said projections extend being slit to permit movement of said relatively movable portions.

8. A spring fastener designed to attach elements in the form of tubes, rods, conduits or the like to a metallic supporting structure, consisting of a head in the form of a hook shaped to snugly fit the element, and an expansible and contractible shank including two spring arms each of which includes means to hold the fastener engaged in an opening in the supporting structure when snapped therethrough.

9. A device of the class described formed from a single piece of sheet metal and having a portion of greater width than thickness shaped and arranged to hold a conduit and ,the like, a supportengaging portion connected to said first mentioned portion'and cooperating therewith to hold said conduit and the like, said device having a.

' pair of thin edgewisely movable socket-engaging projections extending from the support-engaging portion at substantially a right angle to the plane thereof and said socket-engaging projections being provided with edges shaped to make snap fastening engagement with suitable socket means.

' ROLLO F. WALTERS. 

